Improvement in sad-irons



UNITED STATES FRANCIS M. SNIVELY, OF BELLAIRE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 192,197, dated June19, 1877; application filed February 19, 1877.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. SNIvELY, ofBellaire, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons; andI do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in sad-irons; and consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionap'pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, andpto the letters of reference marked thereon, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal sectionFig. 3, a section on the line a: 1:, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an under-side view,showing the dovetailed tenon"; and Fig. '5 is a top view of the ironwith the handle removed.

A represents a handle made of wood and attached to a metallic bed orseat, B, by

screws on or other suitable means. piece is formed with a dovetailedtenon, G, tapering, as shown. The seat B is provided withaflat spring,b, for keeping the thumb- B, as shown, in combination with the iron Dand bolt 0, saidbolt passing vertically through the center of the seat Binto an orifice in the bottom of the groove in the iron D, and heldthercin'by a spring, [1, all constructed and operating in the mannerhereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS M. SNIVELY.

Witnesses:

E. B. KENNEDY, BENJAMEN POWER.

Said bed-

